WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1873
Find out what all happened February to April 1873

Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail. (3. March 1873)

Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities. (18. February 1873)

The British steamer RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547. (1. April 1873)

The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world. (4. April 1873)

The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California. (20. February 1873)

King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates. (11. February 1873)

E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter. (1. March 1873)

The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 African Americans are murdered, takes place. (13. April 1873)

A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery. (22. March 1873)

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